biscuit

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

montims wrote in
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/message/33447>:

<< Biscuit is a French word meaning twice cooked, >>

Definition 4 in the American Heritage Dictionary is:
<< Clay that has been fired once but not glazed. Also called bisque2. >>
<http://www.bartleby.com/61/8/B0280800.html>

I remember from school, the first firing is called bisque-firing and
the output is called bisque and can be painted with liquid glaze, and
the second firing is called glaze-firing. So why is the stuff called
"twice cooked" after its first firing until its second firing?
Probably named for its color...

Carol wrote in
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/message/33460>:

<< Well, if you have a pastry blender, flour, baking powder, salt,
milk, and shortening (and aren't averse to baking), I can send you a
recipe so you'll know what you're missing. :-) >>

Or you could just send him a tube of Pillsbury refrigerated biscuit dough.